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Sophie Dries & Kaia

Schloss Hollenegg Design Exhibition

The 2020 edition of Schloss Hollenegg design exhibition titled Walden showcases a number projects by emerging artists and designers, with the aim of creating space for design research, thinking and critique. Architect Sophie Dries's collaboration with Austrian lighting company Kaia, responds to Hollenegg's 2020 theme of Walden, with their Inner Glow Chandelier.

TODOMUTA

Design for life

Todomuta are Laura Molina and Sergio Herrera - a couple in every sense of the word. Together they forge a resolute path, exploring the outer realms of disparate design and non-conformist art. It's hard to define exactly what it is they do, but the joy of their output lies in an irreverent and often random approach.

Reko Rennie | Carriageworks

A present-day memorial

Commissioned by Carriageworks, REMEMBER ME is a major site-specific, illuminated text work by Kamilaroi artist, Reko Rennie that will officially be launched on 29 April 2020 to mark the 250th anniversary since Captain James Cook’s first landfall at Kamay Botany Bay and the HMB Endeavour’s charting of the east coast of Australia.

PROJECT 36: DO IT | KALDOR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

Part of a global network of exchange

Kaldor Public Art Projects has announced its 36th project, which launches in partnership with London’s Serpentine Galleries, Independent Curators International and Google Arts & Culture. Together the global partners will premiere 50 new artworks designed to inspire creativity during lockdown periods.

ON TOP OF THE WORLD

Experience the world’s most northern heli-skiing

Experience the world’s most northern helicopter skiing as you explore the Arctic Cordillera range of Baffin Island—the most dramatic mountains in the Arctic icefields with tumbling glaciers, deep fjords and the world’s tallest sheer granite walls.

WHAT TO KNOW

PROJECT 36: DO IT | KALDOR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

Part of a global network of exchange

Kaldor Public Art Projects has announced its 36th project, which launches in partnership with London’s Serpentine Galleries, Independent Curators International and Google Arts & Culture. Together the global partners will premiere 50 new artworks designed to inspire creativity during lockdown periods.

Biennale of Sydney | Reopens

Nirin extended to September 2020

Following an recent government announcement that museums and galleries will be permitted to reopen in June, the Biennale of Sydney rallied partner arts organisations to extend the exhibition period for NIRIN.

THE SAME SEA | HELSINKI BIENNIAL 2020

12 June – 27 September 2020

Taking place in the summer of 2020, Helsinki Biennial announced the 40 artists and groups of artists participating in the inaugural edition, The Same Sea. Located on Vallisaari, an island in the Baltic Sea, the biennial presents over 75% new commissions and site-specific works, sensitively positioned across this remarkable maritime setting.

NOVA | HOFA

Virtual exhibition program

HOFA Gallery announces their innovative and exciting virtual art experiences designed to bring contemporary art to connoisseurs, collectors and art enthusiasts across the globe during the Coronavirus lockdown.

Reko Rennie | Carriageworks

A present-day memorial

Commissioned by Carriageworks, REMEMBER ME is a major site-specific, illuminated text work by Kamilaroi artist, Reko Rennie that will officially be launched on 29 April 2020 to mark the 250th anniversary since Captain James Cook’s first landfall at Kamay Botany Bay and the HMB Endeavour’s charting of the east coast of Australia.

SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY | CARRIAGEWORKS

Returning September 2021

Sydney Contemporary, Australasia’s premier international contemporary art fair, announced it will return in September 2021. First presented in 2013 and presented annually since 2017, Sydney Contemporary will not present an edition in 2020 due to uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pimpisa Tinpalit | Grau Projekt

10 September—13 November 2020

Melbourne based artist Pimpisa Tinpalit returns to break a bowl of tea over the bowl of Grau Projekt to celebrate the reopening of the art space. Known for her large spatial and conceptual installations that transform the materiality of everyday objects to a reimagined eminence, Silence #1.5 will push the artist to a level of medium diversity and scale.

WHAT TO READ

LOUISE BOURGEOIS

The repairer

“Sculpture is an exorcism,” Louise Bourgeois once told an interviewer. “When you are really depressed and have no other way out except suicide, sculpture will get you out of it.” It’s the voice of a lifelong extremist: Give me art or give me death.

KAIMIN

Yin & Yang

In this nicotine-stained café, once the preserve of market workers and late-night hustlers, there are black boys with pink hair talking fashion to white girls with Afros. “She’s beyond amazing,” declares a wild-eyed youth describing his latest discovery. “It’s like Lang on acid—sick and beautiful and completely NOW!” Beyond this scenario, lurking in the corner, sits legendary American photographer Annie Leibovitz—chic and understated, but surveying the room with a frosty antipathy. Paris Fashion Week is in full flow, and people are watching.

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

McQueen & I

London 2010. St Paul’s Cathedral, squeezed into the city like a relegated old timer, remains to these eyes, design at its most daring. It’s a fitting location for Alexander McQueen’s memorial service: grand, awe-inspiring, immortal; but also a disturbing reminder that things have come to this. Lee—for he was Lee to me—would have hated it: the crowds, the silence, the poignant, solemn atmosphere. Yet in a wonderfully reflective way, both man and building have managed to capture the architectural zeitgeist.

VIRGILIO MARTÍNEZ

Good altitude

Virgilio Martínez may be a long way from home but food is providing familiar comfort. The 40-year-old Peruvian super-chef is in Europe on a profile-raising trip of sorts, and the spoils of his craft are never far away.

JERRY LORENZO

Influence & process

Standing at the nexus of function and style is LA designer Jerry Lorenzo, whose streetwear label Fear of God is an authentic representation of today’s diverse youth culture. Regularly referred to as a ‘cult leader’ his engagement with a digital audience has inspired a community of avid fashion proselytes. Neue Luxury is proud to present an interview series with Jerry Lorenzo about his cult-label Fear of God.

Mike Amiri

Appetite for destruction

There’s something distinctly American about Mike Amiri, a sense that anything is possible and nothing is unattainable. Channeling Jim Morrison’s nonchalant sex-appeal or Axl Rose’s defiantly messy style, Amiri’s collection is a homage to the grunge aesthetic of 1980s and 1990s Los Angeles. And while rock star glam has long inspired designers from Jean-Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld to Hedi Slimane and Marc Jacobs, Amiri’s quintessentially Californian vision is both laid back and extravagant, with a level of artisanship that has distinguished his coveted label in the luxury market.

HIROSHI ISHIGURO

The ghost in the machine

It’s 7pm in Osaka, Japan, and Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro looks in need of a nightcap. Hyperactive to the point of distraction, he zips around his apartment seemingly wired on life. One minute, the esteemed roboticist is pacing the living room floor in search of wisdom. The next, he is nervously pulling a blind up and down, peering out of a window into a void of pitch-black infinity. The man can’t settle.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF FEAR AND FOOLHARDINESS

Neue Perspective

“Drop in like a pin.” The words come from my friend, who stands beside me on the cliff. Rocks, scrub, dried mud. “There’s no other way down,” he says. The quarry water is brown, darker than everything except the sky. I wonder how many car wrecks are under me? How many crags? I have been tricked into jumping, I know it. But I also know I must.

JEREMY SCOTT

Bringing back the fun

I visited Scott at his studio located amongst the vintage stores and record shops down the wrong end of Melrose Avenue in LA. Arriving outside a nondescript, blacked out shopfront, I double and triple checked the address, however any doubts rapidly subsided when Jeremy himself opened the door, welcoming me into his colourful world.

WHAT TO EXPERIENCE

GUCCI

Private viewing and shopping experience

Described as daring, curiously compelling and with a streak of mystery and eccentricity, Alessandro Michele was appointed as Gucci’s creative director in January of 2015. This exclusive private preview and shopping experience will ensure that you are one of the first to preview Michele's latest collection in the ultra-exclusive Milano boutique.

DOLCE&GABBANA

Private bespoke design and fitting

This exclusive private bespoke design and fitting experience is for those looking to create their ultimate one-of-a-kind dream garment in Dolce&Gabbana’s private residence. Supported by a Dolce&Gabbana master tailor and atelier director, you will be guided through the selection of luxurious fabrics, leathers and embellishments from their collection while enjoying champagne, canapés and conversation with representatives of one of the world’s finest fashion houses.

VERSACE

Haute couture private presentation

With access to the Atelier Versace private haute couture presentation within the Presidential suite of Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, you will be the envy of the fashion cognoscenti with an opportunity to meet Donatella.

ANNA WINTOUR

A private audience with fashion royalty

Anna Wintour is one of the most recognised and influential names in fashion. As editor-in-chief of American Vogue and the artistic director of Condé Nast, Wintour has consistently captured the zeitgeist to stunning editorial and material effect. This intimate opportunity to meet Ms Wintour followed by a private tour of the Conde Nast Headquarters, is something rare and exciting.

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG

A private audience

Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People, Diane von Furstenberg entered the world of fashion in 1970 when she moved to New York and, two years later, founded her eponymous line. This private audience with Ms Furstenberg is complemented by a personal tour of DVF headquarters, private luxury transfers and accommodation at Soho House NYC.

FESTIVAL DE CANNES

Red Carpet Experience

The Festival de Cannes is one of the most coveted and prestigious film festivals in the world. Attracting the most iconic and glamorous film cognoscenti, this experience comes replete with 5 nights’ luxury accommodation at Hotel Martinez, official luxury transfers to and from the red carpet as well as Festival accreditation and access to the most coveted parties.

WHAT TO EXPERIENCE

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

See the world as it was made to be seen.

The International Space Station (ISS) is mankind’s only permanently manned outpost. In low-Earth orbit it circles the Earth every 90 minutes. A visit to the ISS is like no other experience. When you reach Earth orbit you will be traveling at 17,500 miles per hour, over 250 miles above the Earth’s surface and you will be weightless, floating inside your spacecraft.

L'ART DE VIVRE

From Paris to Provence

American writer Henry Miller once remarked that “To know Paris is to know a great deal”. As the most visited city in the world, Paris has captivated, seduced and inspired for centuries. With an unmistakable aura of romance and mystery, your experience will commence with two nights at the most luxurious Parisian pied-à-terre, La Réserve Paris where you will find yourself in the heart of the city overlooking the Grand Palais, the Eiffel Tower and the Pantheon.

THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE

Ultimate Iceland

Iceland is a country of extreme geological contrasts. Widely known as 'The Land of Fire and Ice' Iceland is home to some of the largest glaciers in Europe, and some of the world’s most active volcanoes. This exhilarating experience takes guests to two of the most exclusive and majestic destinations in Iceland, the exclusive Deplar Farm and the sublime Blue Lagoon.

AUSTRALIA BY PRIVATE JET

Discover one of the world’s last true frontiers

Cited as one of our most luxurious and extraordinary experiences, this 13 day/14 night adventure takes guests on a majestic tour of Australia by Private Jet. From the natural beauty of Ningaloo Reef to the sublime sands of Whitehaven Beach, Hamilton Island and Margaret River, the pristine beauty of each destination is matched only by the extraordinary roster of lodgings at your service.

DINNER BY HESTON

Superyacht under the stars (Sydney, Australia)

With a bespoke menu designed and prepared by Dinner by Heston, this intimate and highly coveted private dining experience is set aboard a private 37-metre motor yacht on the iconic Sydney Harbour and comes replete with a dedicated experience manager, head sommelier, service staff and private butler to ensure a unique and considered theatre of experience for you and your guests.

EXOTIC EAST AFRICA

An unrivalled adventure through Kenya and Northwestern Rwanda by private jet

French novelist Marcel Proust once remarked that "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes". With its vast array of wildlife, millions of kilometers of pristine wilderness and inspiring warmth and hospitality, Africa is unlike any place on earth. Considered by many to be the cradle of civilisation, this thirteen day/twelve night experience takes guests on an unrivalled adventure through some of Kenya and Northwestern Rwanda most exotic and captivating landscapes.

LEONARDO DA VINCI’S THE LAST SUPPER

Private viewing

As one of art history’s greatest triumphs and tragedies, Da Vinci captured the scene using an experimental technique in favour of traditional fresco painting to dramatic consequence. This private after hours experience is a chance to view the work in quietude. Accompanied by a certified art history guide, you will be free to explore the semiotics, composition and rich history of the breath-taking masterpiece on your own terms.

MUSÉEYVES SAINT LAURENT

A Marrakech pilgrimage

Morocco is a land of colourful contrasts—from centuries-old traditions to dramatic landscapes and striking design—the country is a melting pot for creative minds. Marrakech in particular has inspired designers for decades and was notably a significant influence on Yves Saint Laurent who first visited the city in 1966. We invite you to retrace Yves’ footsteps with a private tour of the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech (MYSLM) with an internationally acclaimed fashion writer and curator.

The Burning World

Global issues through the lens of photography and film

The Burning World brings together four significant photographic series created by leading Australian artists Hoda Afshar, Peta Clancy, Rosemary Laing and Michael Cook. Taking its title from the apocalyptic science fiction text of the same name by JG Ballard, the exhibition interrogates urban and natural landscapes to reveal truths about human inhabitations.

NIRIN | THE BIENNALE OF SYDNEY

14 March—8 June 2020

The Biennale of Sydney has revealed details of the program for its 22nd edition, titled NIRIN. Under the artistic direction of acclaimed Indigenous Australian artist, Brook Andrew, NIRIN, is an artist- and First Nations-led endeavour, presenting an expansive exhibition of contemporary art and events that connect local communities and global networks.

Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk | V&A

29 February—21 June 2020

On 29 February, the V&A opens Europe’s first major exhibition on kimono. The ultimate symbol of Japan, the kimono is often perceived as traditional, timeless and unchanging. Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk counters this conception, presenting the garment as a dynamic and constantly evolving icon of fashion.